Save Article

Teaching of Manners Should Begin at Home

June 7, 2013 3:24 p.m. ET

Brian S. Hall says he doesn't know who to blame for his 18-year-old son not knowing how to address an envelope (Notable & Quotable, May 31). I guess his son never wrote his grandparents a thank-you note when he received gifts from them at Christmas or his birthday (assuming he did get gifts from them). So the blame can clearly be placed on Brian and his wife, certainly not the school.

Hopefully, if the grandparents send him a graduation gift, he will now know how to write them a note, place it in an envelope, address it,...